Inter- and intrafraction patient positioning uncertainties for intracranial radiotherapy: A study of four frameless, thermoplastic mask-based immobilization strategies using daily cone-beam CT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Tryggestad, Erik ^a,c   Christian, Matthew ^b   Ford, Eric ^a   Kut, Carmen ^a   Le, Yi ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^a   Song, Danny Y ^a   Kleinberg, Lawrence ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frameless thermoplastic mask immobilization; Image guided cranial radiosurgery; Interfraction positioning uncertainties; Intrafraction positioning uncertainties; Patient positioning accuracy

Indexed keywords

FRAMELESS THERMOPLASTIC MASK IMMOBILIZATION; IMAGE-GUIDED; INTERFRACTION POSITIONING UNCERTAINTIES; INTRAFRACTION POSITIONING UNCERTAINTIES; PATIENT POSITIONING ACCURACY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FACE MASK; FRAMELESS THERMOPLASTIC MASK IMMOBILIZATION; HEAD; IMAGE GUIDED CRANIAL RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SHOULDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASKS; MOVEMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOSURGERY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79954424802     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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